Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog

Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog
けろっこデメタン
(Kerokko Demetan)
Genre Comedy, adventure, Romance, Fantasy
TV anime
Directed by Hiroshi Sasagawa
Written by Jinzo Toriumi
Studio Tatsunoko Productions
Network Fuji Television
Original run January 2, 1973September 25, 1973
Episodes 39[1]
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Demetan Croaker, The Boy Frog (けろっこデメタン Kerokko Demetan?), also known as Demetan the Frog and The Brave Frog, is a 39 episode anime series by Tatsunoko Productions first aired in 1973.

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Overview

The story is about Demetan (Jonathan in the English version), a poor young frog living in Rainbow Pond with his mother and father (a toymaker), who becomes friends with a popular and sweet girl frog named Ranatan (Pookie in the English version), despite the differences in their social standings: Ranatan is the daughter of the leader of Rainbow Pond (English name, Leopold), while Demetan and his parents are tree frogs, which make them automatic outcasts in the community. Together, Demetan and Ranatan enjoy many adventures.

Like many of Tatsunoko's series at the time (in particular its predecessor Kashi no Ki Mokku), the show was often sad and sadistic, with Demetan having to deal with natural predators as well as the bullies who rule the pond. The well-loved theme song sung by Mitsuko Horie has a melancholy sound.

In addition to its original broadcast on Fuji TV in 1973, Kerokko Demetan was re-run on TV Tokyo in 1982, as a replacement for Don Dracula, which was pulled off the air following the bankruptcy of its production company.

The only versions of the series to reach the English language were two feature-length movie adaptations produced by Harmony Gold in 1985, edited from the TV series. The two movies, called The Brave Frog and The Brave Frog's Greatest Adventure, tell the entire storyline of the series in heavily-condensed form. Rebecca Forstadt portrayed the voice of Pookie (Ranatan). The first movie was released on videocassette in 1995 and on DVD in 1999.

In 1990, Harmony Gold also translated the 26 episodes into English under the title "Adventures On Rainbow Pond." The original version of the series like the Candy and Heidi series became very popular in other regions such as: Asia, Europe (particularly in France where the entire series was recently was released on DVD), Quebec, Canada and Latin America.

Japanese Voice Actors

Extra Production Information

Trivia

References

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